"meltan" meaning in Old English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈmel.tɑn/, [ˈmeɫ.tɑn]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *meltan, from Proto-Germanic *meltaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- (“to beat, crush, grind”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*meltan}} Proto-West Germanic *meltan, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*meltaną}} Proto-Germanic *meltaną, {{der|ang|ine-pro|*(s)mel-|t=to beat, crush, grind}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- (“to beat, crush, grind”) Head templates: {{ang-verb|meltan}} meltan Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|meltan<s3>}} Forms: strong [table-tags], meltan [infinitive], meltenne [infinitive], melte [first-person, present, singular], mealt [first-person, past, singular], milst [present, second-person, singular], miltst [present, second-person, singular], multe [past, second-person, singular], milt [present, singular, third-person], mealt [past, singular, third-person], meltaþ [plural, present], multon [past, plural], melte [present, singular], multe [past, singular], melten [plural, present], multen [past, plural], melt [imperative, past, present, singular], meltaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], meltende [imperative, present], molten [imperative, past], ġemolten [imperative, past]
  1. to melt Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-meltan-ang-verb-rN2rq0ux Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 34 39 28
  2. to digest Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-meltan-ang-verb-XEscM15L Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 34 39 28
  3. to be consumed (destroyed completely) Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-meltan-ang-verb-OTnMpxuY Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 34 39 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: formeltan, melting, mieltan [transitive] Related terms: mealt

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "formeltan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "melting"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "word": "mieltan"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
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          },
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: melten, malte, melt, melte, meltyn; mealten, melltenn\nEnglish: melt\nScots: melt\nYola: multh"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
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          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "ġemolten",
            "3": "molten",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Old English: ġemolten, molten",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Old English: ġemolten, molten"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "molten",
            "3": "multen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: molten, multen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: molten, multen"
    },
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      "depth": 3,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "molten"
          },
          "expansion": "English: molten",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
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      "depth": 3,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
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          },
          "expansion": "Scots: mouten",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: mouten"
    }
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "3",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meltan",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meltenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melte",
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    },
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      "form": "mealt",
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        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "milst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "miltst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "milt",
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      "tags": [
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        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mealt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meltaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multe",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melten",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "multen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meltaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meltende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "molten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġemolten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
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        "1": "meltan<s3>"
      },
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    }
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  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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      "glosses": [
        "to melt"
      ],
      "id": "en-meltan-ang-verb-rN2rq0ux",
      "links": [
        [
          "melt",
          "melt"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to digest"
      ],
      "id": "en-meltan-ang-verb-XEscM15L",
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        [
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          "digest"
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        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "to be consumed (destroyed completely)"
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      "id": "en-meltan-ang-verb-OTnMpxuY",
      "links": [
        [
          "consumed",
          "consumed"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmel.tɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmeɫ.tɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "meltan"
}
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    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English intransitive verbs",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English terms with redundant head parameter",
    "Old English verbs"
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    {
      "word": "formeltan"
    },
    {
      "word": "melting"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
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    }
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      ],
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    },
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    },
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      "form": "strong",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
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    },
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      "form": "meltan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meltenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melte",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mealt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "milst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "miltst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "milt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mealt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meltaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "multen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melt",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meltaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meltende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "molten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġemolten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "mealt"
    }
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  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to melt"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "melt",
          "melt"
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to digest"
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          "digest",
          "digest"
        ]
      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be consumed (destroyed completely)"
      ],
      "links": [
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          "consumed",
          "consumed"
        ]
      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmel.tɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmeɫ.tɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "meltan"
}

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